The trouble with alcohol abuse: What are we trying to measure, diagnose, count and prevent?

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1057-1059

  Babor, Thomas F ^a   Caetano, Raul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol abuse; Diagnostic criteria; DSM IV; Limitations; Surveys

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUNKEN DRIVING; EDITORIAL; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ALCOHOLISM; HUMANS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 45149115619     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02263.x     Document Type: Editorial

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